The MVP of the project....

With a tear in my eye I bid farewell to the MVP of the project - the telehandler. This past weekend the telehandler went back to NationsRent. I don't know how we could have done this project as safely and quickly as we did.... farewell my friend - job well done!

Hey - it's my Dad in the door way!

Another big step was to cut in the front door.... it sure seems like a cabin now. The door way is smaller than the size we will need for the actual door.

Joists are 2' on center....

Ok - it's a bit of over kill....

Many of you are wondering - why is he using 4x10's for floor joists and those heavy duty joist hangers?

Well - I don't have a good answer except it seems like a good idea. :)

The joist hangers are made from 1/2" steel and have a total of 10 - 3" lag screws.... ya - even by my standards this way over kill!

Now comes the floor

Now that we have all - yes I mean ALL - the logs in place we move on to the floor. The floor is supported by a 4' wall in the crawl space. After the 4' wall was in place we started placing the floor joists in place.

The domer ridge pole

As you can see from the image at the top of this page - the domer is supported by another ridge pole. This one was a bit of bugger to get into place - but Ron, Dad and I got her in place after a few tries and bit of cussin'.